River training and control being a description of the theory and practice of the modern system, entitled, The guide bank system, used in India for the control and guidance of great alluvial rivers

• Main Author: Spring, Francis J. E.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Calcutta : Railway Board, 1935.
• Subjects: River engineering > India.; River engineering.; Railroad bridges > Design and construction.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780727751997
• DOI: 10.1680/rtac.51997
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 254 p.) : ill.

The author approaches the hydraulic engineering of rivers from the point of view of a railway engineer requiring to bridge large alluvial rivers. Constructing on the banks of such a river so as to avoid both over- and under-engineering, and therefore to avoid either unnecessary capital or revenue (f...